Swan Garment factory is one of the factories which are situated in Dhaka city, capital of Bangladesh. This Factory is owned by a Chinese owner. Around 1300 workers worked in this factory, among them 80% are young women. On last 10 April the owner, all of a sudden, declared the closure of the factory, without giving the salaries and other benefits due to the workers.
The workers, with their struggle, forced the the owner to give them the salary of the month of March and he promised to give other financial benefits which are due to them, but until now he didn’t.
Now the Workers have been continuously sitting day and night, even amidst heavy rain, in front of the National Press Club by the side of one of the main roads, at the center of the city. The government is ignoring the protest and the stage of workers and does not take any step to meet the most genuine legal demand to pay the arrears.
The World Federation of Trade Unions representing 92 million workers in 126 countries fully supports the demands of Garment Workers’ Trade Union Centre:
- Immediately arrears and bonus should be paid
- The factory, which is illegally closed, should be reopened
- The false charges and cases should be withdrawn.
The Secretariat
